Outstaffing is a form of cooperation when a client agrees with a contractor company to temporarily hire a specialist. The outstaffed specialist is:
- employed by the contractor, so the customer doesn’t have to pay additional personnel, tax, or procedural costs;
- does not require additional training—they are ready to work and have all the necessary skills for the position;
- highly qualified due to continuous training and diverse, constantly growing experience;
- can be hired for a limited scope of work, allowing for more accurate budget and expense planning;
- can be hired at very short notice, with no restrictions for the scope of work;
- can be hired for any type of work, including the ones for which the team lacks expertise, and can also train new specialists;
- has a wide range of skills in various areas, from popular ones, like Java development, to highly specialized ones, like microcontroller programming; and
- can work for a certain number of hours per day, week, or month (fixed price) or can be paid an hourly rate based on the actual work hours (time-and-material).
Here’s an example. Suppose you are a project manager and you need to develop a large service within a predetermined time frame. In the midst of your work, you realize that you can't meet the deadline with your current team, and you urgently need several Java and frontend developers, analysts, testers, DevOps engineers, and a team leader. Hiring that many employees from the market would require a significant amount of time and money, which you don't have. In addition, team members will be distracted from the project by interviews, which will further reduce their productivity and affect the project delivery deadlines.
The best solution in this case would be to hire outstaff specialists. You contact a company which provides outstaffing services, then choose necessary specialists, conduct short interviews to confirm their skills, and immediately bring them on board, quickly filling the need and completing the project on time. You don't have to worry about taxes, paperwork, or resources for the specialists development—the outstaffing company will take care of that. All you need to do is sign a contract and choose the right candidates